Loreha on been made on a her passage from hence to Macao, in which Sen house, the Spanish Government Agent in charge of the Mails, lost his life, and M. Page, the Secretary to the French Legation in China was desperately wounded; and this recurred within a few miles of the Harbour.
3. I enclose for your Lordship's information a Return made to me by the Superintendent of Police, of the acts of Piracy that have been reported to him since January, which will show that 13 boats have been pillaged in this neighbourhood during the past three months, - ten of which may be considered as belonging to the Colony.
4. By a glance at the map, your Lordship will at once perceive the serious difficulties that present themselves against this nefarious system being effectually suppressed; and it indeed may be said that the Pirates should be rooted out by the Chinese authorities. Nevertheless, the interests of this Colony demand that, to a certain extent, we should protect our Coasts and the waters in our immediate vicinity.
5. The various means of disguise adopted by the Pirates, the long intervals before Piracies are reported, the difficulty of distinguishing Pirate boats from trading boats, the numerous harbours in all directions accessible to their boats in the Chinese Territories, all tend to render their capture nearly hopeless, either by the boats of men-of-war or by others of European construction.
6. From various causes, Piracy is more than ordinarily rife at the present time, and is now ascertained to be carried on under an organized system; for a few days ago, a Chinaman was brought before...
Loreha on been made on a
her passage from hence to Macne, in which Seun heuse, the
Spanish Government Agent in charge of the Mails, lost his life, and M. Page, the Secretary to the French Legation in China was desperately wounded; and this recurred.-- within a few miles of the Harbour
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3. I enclose for your Lordship's information
Return made to me by the Superintendent. of Police, of the acts of Piracy that have been reported to him sinec January, which will show that 13 boats have been pillaged in this neighbourhood during the parts these and a months, - ten of which
belonging
may
to the folony. -
be considered as
4. By a glance at the map, your Lordship
with at once
perceive the serious difficulties that
against
present themselves
this
nefarious system
being effectually suppressed; and it indeed
may
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be said that the Pirates should be rooted
out by the Chinese authorities.__Nevertheless the
interests of this Colony demand, that, to a certain extent, we should protect our Consts and the
waters in our immediate vicinity._
5.
The
various means
of disquire adopted
by the Pirates, the long intervals before Piracies
are
reported, the difficulty of distinguishing Pirate boats from trading boats, the
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harbours in all directions accessible to their boats in the Chinese Territories, all tend to render their capture nearly hopeless, either by the boats of men-of-war on by others huropean construction...
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b. From various causes
of
Piracy is more than ordinarily rife at the present time,
and is now ascertained to be carried on
under an organized system; for a few days
brought before
ago a
chinaman was
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